2014
Another Language 豆瓣
7.6 (21 个评分)
This Will Destroy You
类型:
摇滚
发布日期 2014年9月16日
出版发行:
Suicide Squeeze Records
The title of This Will Destroy You’s new album, Another Language, feels almost like an inside joke. Over three albums and a handful of EPs across the last decade, the Texas band has turned their expansive, instrumental songs into a communicative form of expression. What’s being expressed, exactly? That’s up to you, really. The songs’ epic, ethereal drifting serve as a Rorschach test for your inner psyche. If you’re having an optimistic day, they might feel uplifting and empowering. If you are depressed, they might make you want to crawl into a dark hole of self-loathing and Cinnabon. “Invitation” from their new album is a four-minute choose-your-own-emotion track that can speak to you however you want. It’s in another language.
On The Volatility Of The Mind 豆瓣
7.7 (11 个评分)
Tamas Wells
类型:
民谣
发布日期 2014年3月1日
出版发行:
Popboomerang Records
When Melbourne singer songwriter Tamas Wells released his debut album ‘A Mark on the Pane’ Inpress Magazine described it as ‘one of the year’s most beautiful records’ and it reached number 16 in Australia’s AIR charts. It also received much praise internationally - with Savio Records in Italy declaring that it was ‘destined to become a cult record for many’.
Yet not long after the 2004 release, Wells left Australia - moving to the isolated country of Myanmar (Burma) to take up a long term position with an aid organization.
That could have been the end of the story.
But instead, he continued to write and record - and after three subsequent albums Wells has sold tens of thousands of records, signed label deals in Europe, Japan, China and Korea, headlined shows in Paris, Tokyo, Sydney and Shanghai and enjoyed a period in the international charts in Japan (HMV Shibuya) - all while remaining relatively unknown in his home city.
His songs have also been used in a number of films including Australian producer Marc Furmie’s award winning ‘Dark Horse’ and ‘The Houses there Wear Verandahs Out of Shyness’ from Italian film producer Fabrizio Polpettini. Polpettini also collaborated in making the stunning film clip for Wells' 2011 song ‘Thirty People Away’ - which was filmed in Paris and stars French actor Denis Lavant.
On the Volatility of the Mind
In 2012, Wells returned from Myanmar and in various homes around Melbourne began work on a new studio album. While previous recordings have drawn on Wells’ ‘beautifully broken’ use of acoustic guitar and piano (Daily Telegraph), the new album takes a different path. As Wells says, ‘I am a believer in using the instruments you have around you, and while I was writing these songs I found an old Casio synthesizer at my parent’s house and a friend had left his electric guitar at my house. So the songs started to focus on melodies, jangly guitar parts and dreamy synthesizer instrumentals’.
In the project, Wells also collaborated for the first time with Melbourne producer Nick Huggins (Kid Sam, Two Bright Lakes) and drew on the songwriting smarts of Mark Lang (Skipping Girl Vinegar). The result is ‘On the Volatility of the Mind’ - which will be released internationally in March 2014 (and in Australia through Popboomerang Records). Wells will tour internationally in May and June 2014.
Yet not long after the 2004 release, Wells left Australia - moving to the isolated country of Myanmar (Burma) to take up a long term position with an aid organization.
That could have been the end of the story.
But instead, he continued to write and record - and after three subsequent albums Wells has sold tens of thousands of records, signed label deals in Europe, Japan, China and Korea, headlined shows in Paris, Tokyo, Sydney and Shanghai and enjoyed a period in the international charts in Japan (HMV Shibuya) - all while remaining relatively unknown in his home city.
His songs have also been used in a number of films including Australian producer Marc Furmie’s award winning ‘Dark Horse’ and ‘The Houses there Wear Verandahs Out of Shyness’ from Italian film producer Fabrizio Polpettini. Polpettini also collaborated in making the stunning film clip for Wells' 2011 song ‘Thirty People Away’ - which was filmed in Paris and stars French actor Denis Lavant.
On the Volatility of the Mind
In 2012, Wells returned from Myanmar and in various homes around Melbourne began work on a new studio album. While previous recordings have drawn on Wells’ ‘beautifully broken’ use of acoustic guitar and piano (Daily Telegraph), the new album takes a different path. As Wells says, ‘I am a believer in using the instruments you have around you, and while I was writing these songs I found an old Casio synthesizer at my parent’s house and a friend had left his electric guitar at my house. So the songs started to focus on melodies, jangly guitar parts and dreamy synthesizer instrumentals’.
In the project, Wells also collaborated for the first time with Melbourne producer Nick Huggins (Kid Sam, Two Bright Lakes) and drew on the songwriting smarts of Mark Lang (Skipping Girl Vinegar). The result is ‘On the Volatility of the Mind’ - which will be released internationally in March 2014 (and in Australia through Popboomerang Records). Wells will tour internationally in May and June 2014.
雙丞戲(正式版) 豆瓣
7.6 (19 个评分)
楊丞琳
类型:
流行
发布日期 2014年12月12日
出版发行:
環球-EMI
戲品 慢嚼 楊丞琳 最到位的一張專輯
雙主打 雙導演 雙攝影 雙造型 雙城市 一體兩面
用成長反芻的音樂之路,楊丞琳不再被框住
給她一段旅程,她會讓你看見、聽見,心裡迴盪已久的聲音
兩個城市間的游離 從個性到感性 從簡單到複雜
從內心出發 楊丞琳的視野 停駐在什麼地方? 找尋著什麼樣的自己? 又在別人眼裡看到什麼樣的楊丞琳?
給楊丞琳十二小時的時差 十四小時飛行里程 她給你 她的蛻變
2014年聽聽她的十首新作品 每首歌曲像每個記憶畫面的停格
一格…一格…停留…屏息…品味楊丞琳的細微末節
有時候冷漠 自持著走完應該選擇的優雅
有時候瘋狂 瘋狂的想用隨心所欲 換一個真實的笑容
長大…簡單…也不簡單
雖然 我們都不是懂得什麼是愛 才開始去愛
但我們可以 開始學著去懂楊丞琳 開始懂愛與不愛的雙面戲
楊丞琳追求音樂上的極致完美
音樂人無意間 窺視楊丞琳私密情感
雙主打 雙導演 雙攝影 雙造型 雙城市 一體兩面
用成長反芻的音樂之路,楊丞琳不再被框住
給她一段旅程,她會讓你看見、聽見,心裡迴盪已久的聲音
兩個城市間的游離 從個性到感性 從簡單到複雜
從內心出發 楊丞琳的視野 停駐在什麼地方? 找尋著什麼樣的自己? 又在別人眼裡看到什麼樣的楊丞琳?
給楊丞琳十二小時的時差 十四小時飛行里程 她給你 她的蛻變
2014年聽聽她的十首新作品 每首歌曲像每個記憶畫面的停格
一格…一格…停留…屏息…品味楊丞琳的細微末節
有時候冷漠 自持著走完應該選擇的優雅
有時候瘋狂 瘋狂的想用隨心所欲 換一個真實的笑容
長大…簡單…也不簡單
雖然 我們都不是懂得什麼是愛 才開始去愛
但我們可以 開始學著去懂楊丞琳 開始懂愛與不愛的雙面戲
楊丞琳追求音樂上的極致完美
音樂人無意間 窺視楊丞琳私密情感
奥兰多 豆瓣
Orlando
8.8 (74 个评分)
作者:
[英] 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫
译者:
任一鸣
上海译文出版社
2014
- 4
故事始于十六世纪伊丽莎白时代,终于一九二八年伍尔夫搁笔的“现时”,历时四百年。奥兰多先是一位天真无邪的贵族美少年,因深受伊丽莎白女王宠幸而入宫廷。詹姆斯王登基后,大霜冻降临,奥兰多偶遇一位俄罗斯公主,坠入情网,结果失恋亦失宠,隐居乡间大宅。奥兰多从小迷恋文学和诗歌,莎士比亚的身影令他难以忘怀,设法与小有名气的诗人格林相识,不料又受戏弄,加之不堪忍受罗马尼亚女大公的纠缠,遂请缨出使土耳其。在君士坦丁堡的一场大火之后,奥兰多变为女子,离开官场,混迹于吉普赛人之间。再后返回英国,成为上流社会的贵妇,结识一批当时著名文人。进入维多利亚时代,为了继续写作,奥兰多只能与时代精神妥协,并嫁给了一位海船长。到故事结尾,奥兰多已是二十世纪的获奖诗人,回到那贯穿全书、象征传统的大宅,来到大橡树下,回顾她对文学和诗歌的永恒的追求。
从神话到历史:神话时代、夏王朝 豆瓣
7.2 (25 个评分)
作者:
[日] 宫本一夫
译者:
吴菲
广西师范大学出版社
2014
- 2
本书为讲谈社《中国的历史》中的“神话时代、夏王朝”一卷。
《中国的历史》为日本讲谈社百周年献礼之作,是日本历史学家写给大众的中国通史读本。丛书自上古到近代,内容涵盖量大,撰述者均为日本该领域的代表性学者,作品大多构思巧妙,写法轻松,观点新颖,富于洞见,但同时又吸取了近些年来的诸多学术成果,利用了最新出土的史料,是一套可读性与严肃性兼备的重磅历史佳作。
本卷作者从一二百万年前的旧石器时代东亚最早的人类、不同的石器工业传统谈起,娓娓道来。由自然环境到文化分区与谱系,再到大的时段划分,则颇有指点江山、纵横捭阖的大将风度。这些叙述是解读远古中国必不可少的轮廓性勾画。日后一幕幕感天动地的悲喜剧,都是在这个大的自然和文化背景下上演的,它们奠定了后世中国发展的基础。
作者的许多总括性认识如他山之石,发人深省:“我们不能用以中原为中心的单一的发展规律和战国时代以后正式成形的中华的概念或者说是中国的概念来看待其后的中国史”。“以中华文明为主干的中国史观不过是着眼于一方的区域历史”,“中国的历史并不只是农业社会的历史”。“商周文化是南方的文化轴,北方青铜器文化是北方的文化轴”,(两条文化轴的)“接触地带才是生成新的社会体系的源泉所在”。种种表述,都颇富启发意义。
《中国的历史》为日本讲谈社百周年献礼之作,是日本历史学家写给大众的中国通史读本。丛书自上古到近代,内容涵盖量大,撰述者均为日本该领域的代表性学者,作品大多构思巧妙,写法轻松,观点新颖,富于洞见,但同时又吸取了近些年来的诸多学术成果,利用了最新出土的史料,是一套可读性与严肃性兼备的重磅历史佳作。
本卷作者从一二百万年前的旧石器时代东亚最早的人类、不同的石器工业传统谈起,娓娓道来。由自然环境到文化分区与谱系,再到大的时段划分,则颇有指点江山、纵横捭阖的大将风度。这些叙述是解读远古中国必不可少的轮廓性勾画。日后一幕幕感天动地的悲喜剧,都是在这个大的自然和文化背景下上演的,它们奠定了后世中国发展的基础。
作者的许多总括性认识如他山之石,发人深省:“我们不能用以中原为中心的单一的发展规律和战国时代以后正式成形的中华的概念或者说是中国的概念来看待其后的中国史”。“以中华文明为主干的中国史观不过是着眼于一方的区域历史”,“中国的历史并不只是农业社会的历史”。“商周文化是南方的文化轴,北方青铜器文化是北方的文化轴”,(两条文化轴的)“接触地带才是生成新的社会体系的源泉所在”。种种表述,都颇富启发意义。
叫魂 豆瓣
Soulstealers: The Chinese Sorcery Scare of 1768
9.4 (192 个评分)
作者:
[美] 孔飞力
译者:
陈兼
/
刘昶
生活·读书·新知三联书店 上海三联书店
2014
- 6
本书讲述的是一个关于“盛世妖术”的故事。在中国的千年帝制时代,乾隆皇帝可谓是空前绝后的一人。他建立并巩固起来的大清帝国达到了权力与威望的顶端。然而整个大清的政治与社会生活却被一股名为“叫魂”的妖术搅得天昏地暗。在1768年由春天到秋天的那几个月里,这股妖风竟然冲击了半个中国,百性为之惶恐,官员为之奔命,连乾隆也为之寝食难安。作者孔飞力细致入微的描写令人颤栗,他生动地再现了各省的恐慌是如何演变成一场全国性的除妖运动。
本书也表现出了一种更为宏大的学术视野,在构建以“叫魂”案为中心的“大叙事”的过程中,在方法论的层次上将社会史、文化史、政治史、经济史、区域分析、官僚科层制度分析以及心理分析等研究方法结合在一起。
本书也表现出了一种更为宏大的学术视野,在构建以“叫魂”案为中心的“大叙事”的过程中,在方法论的层次上将社会史、文化史、政治史、经济史、区域分析、官僚科层制度分析以及心理分析等研究方法结合在一起。